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NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

W'ILLIAM C. MILLER; OF PARSONS, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-FOURTIISv TO GEORGE W. MASER AND ROBERT H. C. DODD, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CARAXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,607. dated November 17, 1885.

' Application flied May 31, 1884. serial No. 133,394. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. MILLER, of the city of Parsons, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oiling and Protecting the Journals of Oar-Axles, of which the following is a specication.

My invention is an improvement in caraxle boxes; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter rst fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my box, and Eig. 2 is a similar view, one side or section being removed.

The box is divided vertically into sections A B. The sections are provided at the inner and lower ends of their meeting edges, respectively, with tongues a and grooves tted to receive such tongues. It is usual to pack these grooves with rubber or other suitable material. In other respects the sections are alike. In their inner faces at their outer ends the sections are formed with grooves b, which curve up over the top of the box. These grooves suf-lice to secure the lid C,which is provided with lateral projections c, which enter grooves b. By this construction the lid may be moved down o1' up and turned over on top of the axle-box, but cannot be lost or detached except by moving the sections laterallyapart to release the projections c. At their inner ends the sections have ways D for the collar-sections E E, which are located in different planes and have their inner ends lapped together and movable one alongside of the other, so as to preserve a tight joint on the axle at all times. The lower section, E, has an inwardly-extended portion, c, at its lower end, which approximately lls the enlarged lower portion of the wayD and retains the section E' in proper position. The collarsections are separated by a plate, E2, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The enlarged portion c is sloped downwardly at c. Springs E3 bear below the section E and give same an upward tension, and the upper section operates by gravity. A cellar, F, for oiled waste is ex-y tended laterally from the inner side of each of the sections, and said cellar has an inlet indicated at f, covered by .a suitable cap, F', as shown. By this arrangement of the wastecellars the oil cannot drip to the bottom of the cotton and be lost, but it will all iiow onto the spindle and the latter will be properly lubricated. By the vertical division of the box,when a brass becomes heated and swells, the sections can be quickly separated and the brass removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. A car-axle box divided vertically into sections, each section being provided with lateral. collars and with grooves b, and a lid, C, having lateral projections tted to enter grooves b, substantially as set forth.

2. VThe combination of the box having ways D and the collar-section E', provided at its lower end with an inwardly-projected portion, e, and supported substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a car-axle box made in sections movable laterally together and apart, and provided in their inner faces with grooves b, of the lid C, having lateral proj eetions fitted to and extended into grooves b, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the'axle-box having ways D and the collar-sections arranged and operating in different planes, the lower section being provided with an inwardly-projected portion, e, at its lower end, substantially as set forth.

5. The improved car-axle box herein described, consisting of sections A B, divided vertically and provided at their meeting edges with, respectively, tongues and grooves, and

having ways D and grooves b, as described, the lid C, having lateral projections c, fitted to and extended into grooves b, the collar-section E, and the section E', having an inwardly-extended portion, e, at its lower end and supported by springs, substantially as set forth.

NV. C. MILLER. Witnesses:

J. C. Fuss, Jr., G. W. THOMAS. 

